throughout the course of the day the story, our day on the story, our correspondent in bucharest, nick thorpedden, dramatic departure injune 2023, andrew tate was formally charged in the uk by four women alleging rape and assault, which he also denies. and today, they are travelling to the us. public and private pressure from the trump administration on romania, a key us ally in europe, donald trump is the future of the western world... to see the trump administration lobbying for this man's interfering in due process here in the uk. the blessing of the romanian authorities after to be seen as a major victory by their supporters nick thorpe, bbc news, bucharest. well, we are keeping an eye on those live pictures we case in the high fascinating case in the high court in london, which has reviewed order a boy to be to j to from ghana, returned to britain from ghana, the teenager had brought a case m em aainst his own himself against his own he said he was tricked parents. he said he was tricked by them into going to boarding school there. his told school there. hisrlawyers told board he at risk

bucharest, nick thorpe.s, the romanian minister justice has called on to - ive to -ivea % m £7 7 to give a bit more about tire explanation about the in which the circumstances in which the were he is passports were returned. he is the remaining public are saying the remaining public are a full explanation. not owed affull eepla "ate" blot the owed affull esp'afla�*e" blot the prosecutors owed affull exo'a'fia�*o" blot the prosecutors but he doubtino the prosecutors. butrher , ~ ~ ~ ~ saying they explain is saying they must explain more, ratherthan is saying they must explain more, rather than the terse statement issued yesterday. justice minister also romanian justice minister also that if romanianjustice minister also that if the tate brothers to back to romania facing these charges, serious against very serious charges against them, they riskjail. 0f very serious charges against them, they riskjail. of course if they not here, how jf they are not here; how might put 7 jf they are not here; how might put them

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the tate brothers, who arejoint uk—us nationals, our correspondent in bucharest nick thorpe from theperhaps one of the conditions of their release was that they would travel to the united states. obviously, they are wanted, there is a warrant so if they had stayed in europe, the eu, required, those countries, to extradite them, to the united states. saying the tate brothers remain under what they calljudicial they still face the very serious charges here when it comes, important to say the case against them administration when it comes to these two men. public and private. we know this from a financial times on the romanian government, enormous pressure, so it is unimaginable, really, that they would have asked by romanianjudges to recalibrate their case that is the situation as it stands this morning from bucharest. authorities confirming that andrew tait and his brother were allowed to leave the meeting with donald trump in the white house later. security guarantee as part of any peace deal in ukraine. donald trump says europe, not the united states, should be responsible for ukrai

the pair flew out on a private jet, they are said to be flying our correspondent in bucharest nick thorpe half an hour. centres, orfraud factories, along the thai—myanmar our correspondent, jonathan head, is in thailand. the frenzy of construction has now stopped. up along the moei river are now being emptied of their workers. many have been trafficked and horribly mistreated. when asked, nearly all want to go home. and taken in by the thai army. hundreds of chinese workers have already been flown home, as criminals, not victims. i spoke to mike, an ethiopian stranded in myanmar with 400 others who escaped. it is all very messed up now. i just want to go home. for years, thailand has been accused of doing too little well, now thailand has started to act, forcing the armed militias over the border to free thousands and back to their own homes. if their own governments aren't ready to fly them home. were positive for tb. our worry is that we are not engaging fast enough and these if they will find me... we met a young bangladeshi man who escaped from a notorious compound last october. elect

let's speak to our correspondent in bucharest nick thorpe. this came after a request from the us., ., ., ., .,, has happened? sure, romania has come under— has happened? sure, romania has come under _ pressure i come under enormous pressure from the trump administration -== the us 7 7the7us7 73717114577 7777 the us allow, to return in the us to allow, to return the passports of the tate the sassssfts stths tat: they are the sesssefts m the tate they are british brothers. they are british american dual citizens and so in order to leave basically, in order to leave romania, they have been under judicial control, romania, they have been under judicialcontrol, basically, judicial control, so basically, they are still under investigation in and investigation in romania and have been in and out of house arrest. they were detained and questioned times since questioned many times since they were first detained in december 2022. they were first detained in december2022. but they were first detained in december 2022. but my understanding is that their passports, their we re were returned to

joint uk—us nationals, were arrested of rape, trafficking minors and money laundering, bucharest, nick thorpewhat you been what. you been - well, w—m what you been m m understandin: what. you been well, my understanding is the - 5 brothers 77 romania brothers romania on a tate brothers left romania on a private jet from the airport here in soon i have seen a photograph andrew 77 andrew tate 77 andrew tate waving 77 andrew tate waving fer the of andrew tate waving from the of andrew tate waving from the of the aeroplane. this steps of the aeroplane. this was made possible by the prosecutors, the special prosecutors, the special prosecutors, the special prosecutors, they returned the us passports to the tate brothers at some point yesterday. i understand from reliable sources they reliable sources that they remain under investigation in —: = -: 7 " itiis gang?" ' 7 7 7 7i7t7is aiming means 777777 7 77 means they return to face more face the charges, questions, face the charges, the very serious charges against them, which they deny. have always declared that they have always declared that they

*s far—right party shares orban's desire to rebuild for more, let's speak to our correspondent, nick thorpefor the _ meeting? yes, alice weidel asked for the - we . from firban. understand, from viktor orban, he is of a poster he is something of a poster boy of far right in europe, 7 in europe, and parties in europe, and alice weidel is so taken_a day out of? weidel is so taken a day out of her campaign, 11 days to her campaign, only 11 days to go until the german elections and think it is really there, = -:7 = _:7 7 s no he an; 7 q tat; 7h; 973th; 775ch = -= them, they77share a common of them, they share a common approach to, they want cheap annru'h t“: thee ant rhear for annraaa�*a ta. thee 3“ ahear for which appaaa“ �*a “res ant aheac for which would energy for europe, which would mean an end to sanction, they want a quick to the in want a quick end to the war in they agree very 777777e7nding77 77 e7nding migration, 7 said she 7 7 77 7 7 7 7s£id7§hé 574.07th alice weidel said she would stop migrants entering germany day one if she reaches on day one if she reaches of course viktor on day

for now, their departure from romania is sure to be seen as a major victory by their supporters nick thorpehad election in of course, we had the election in the middle of last year, so the for the first the middle of last year, so the a �*or the first ..-... the middle of last year, so the a conservative ..,-.. the middle of last year, so the a conservative government, the under a conservative government, the �* of the year a labour second half ofthe year a'labcxur they asylum is a big government. they say asylum is a big �* the government. they say asylum is a big �*the government, and 7 has 7 7 has again 7 7 has again today said 7it 7 7it regards 7 7it regard; the7 7 77 7 7it regards the 7 system is 57° 77 so .2. these 7 so .2. .. these figures bfike" se hat do there fies , ~ ~ ,,, let's bakea se hat da there fies , ~ ~ ,,, let's at bakea sa hat da there fies , ~ ~ ,,, let's at them. an increase of 18% compared with 2023. number of asylum seekers has almost doubled since 2021, according these 7 these statistics. 7 these statistics. 37,000 7 these statistics. 37,000 arrived 7 to these stati

let's speak to our correspondent who's in budapest, nick thorpe.ppening now? it is interesting — why is it happening now? it is interesting this _ why is it happening now? it is interesting this - in - interesting this change in viktor policy. i think viktor orban's policy. i think there are three on the there are three reasons. oh the hand, he is a one hand, he is a pragmatic and in the past has if” to deal 7 i ' " ' " £5 darts; not,wa,nted,,to deal with in case parties, in this case alternative for germany, alternative foregermahy, that not seem to much aha! het seem feetaha�*ffi�*fh to edie! net seem feetaha�*fiflfh to power id's! hf“ seem {fictafidm�*fh to power but �*they �* they are �*they are on �* they are on 20% two weeks now they are on 20% two weeks before the german general and are looking more electen and are lashing mere |n electen and are lashing mere in some electable in some kind of coalition although there are coalition althoughthere are with that. the other is donald trump �*s in the u. 7 in the us. elon musk victory in the us. elon m